Passe-partout frame.



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PASSE-PARTOUT FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. i1, 1902.

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FREDERIC E. IVIAINE, 'OF BROOKLYN, NEVV YORK.

'p .eAssE-PARTQUT FRAME@ sPECIFICA'rIoN forming part o f Letters Patent Nol 723,696, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filed December 11l 1902. Serial NolV 14,761. (No 'mndeLl .To @ZZ s070077?, noa/Z.) concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC E. MAINE, a citizen of the United States, residing` in the borough of roolclyn, in the county of Kings,

passe-partout frame; and the object thereof is to improve the construction and obtain uniformity in the making of frames of this kind and add to the strength and durability of the finished article.

In carrying out my invention the passepartont fraine is composed of two parts-4L body portion shaped and folded as hereinafter set forth and a binding with free edges secured to the body portion and made of inaterial suitable to form the finished surface of the saine and to hold thereto the parts to be placed therein. In conjunction With the aforesaid parts I employ a picture-mat, a backing, and may employ a glass front, all adapted to fit and be retained Within the passe-partout frame. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the body portion as shaped or stamped out of a sheet of suitable material, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the body with` the edges foldedV into position, andV Fig. L is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of the binding material as stamped out. Fig. 6 is a front View showing the-picture-mat, and Fig. 7 is a back view. Fig. 8 is a transverse partial section of the frame, showing the accessory parts in place; and Fig.'9 is a similar View showing the construction when the glass-plate front is not. employed. Fig. '10 is a longitudinal section of a cornerof the frame. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are of larger size for clearness.

a represents the frame-body, formed of cardboard or other suitable material, having a central opening 2 and a small square cut from each corner, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The outer portions are foldedon dotted lines 3 to a position at right angles to the front bodyportion to form the sides b of the frame, as shown, inV Figs. 3 and 4, and in this position the end edges ZL of the sides b come in contact with each other.

The binding c, which may be of paper,

pictures by hand.

leather, cloth, or other suitablelinaterial, is stamped or cut out of aslieet, in the form shownin Fig. 5, as a single piece of materialr- The innercorners are notched to produce the flaps 7 to be folded on the dotted lines 5. The outer corners .are notched and shaped to produce the tongues 9 and flaps 10, 11, 12, and 13 to be folded' o`n the dotted lines G and S, and notches V14: are -i'nade for the purpose hereinafter set forth. 'Thebiuding is pasted upon the outer faces of the frame parts a b, the portion between the series Vof dotted lines 5 6 being against the surface of a, the lines 6 at the corners ofa Z7, and the portion between the series of lines 6`8 against the surfaces b. The f1aps`7` are then overturned around the inner edges of the part a, and pasted down upon the inner surface of the frame portion. The tongues 9 are continuations of the'portions of the binding between the lines 6 8, and to produce strong and rigid corners Where the bent-np parts a b Contact the said tongues 9, after the.binding c is pasted nponthe short sides b, are turned over the corners and pasted down upon the long sides b before the parts of` the binding c are pasted upon these long sides b. The flaps l0, 1l, 12, and 13 are now free and are adapted to be folded over on the dotted lines Sand down upori'theb'ackingfafter the insertion ofthe other parts.

' The frame folded to shape,With-its face and sides covered with the binding and the flaps 7 turned in and'securedto the inner surface of the face of the frame, is in and of itself complete and ready to receive a backingfand a mat e, to which a picture may be pasted.

A s indicatednn Fig. 8, aglass-plate front d may be employed, or, as indicated in Fig. 9, the glass-plate front CZ may be dispensed With. The frame, bound as hereinbeffore described, the mat, the backing, and the glass plate, taken collectively, 'forxi an article of cornmerce especially adapted for use in framing After the accessories, the mat with its picture, the backing, with or Without the plate glass front, have Ybeen placed Within the bound frame, the bindingaps 10, 1l, 12, and -13 are turned over and secured to the backing to hold all the parts in position Within the frame and to then form a finished passe-partout.

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' tend to the inner surface thereof and to be Opposite flaps 11 and 13 may have cut-away portions 14 to fit around rings 15,Which may be employed to hang the passe-partout upon the wall, and one side of the binding is preferably covered with an adhesive material for securing the same to. the frame-body, or other suitable means for so doing may be employed. I may also cover the inner surfaces of the edges b with adhesive material to cause the same to adhere to the edgesof the backing, picturevnlat, and glass, and when the frame is of considerable size it may be advantageous to provide means for 'causing the inner surface of the frame-face to adhere to that portion of the glass or pieturemat adjacent thereto.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of man ufacture,a passepartout frame, comprising a frame-body 0fone piece of material of L shape in cross-sec- Lion and having a central opening therein, a backing and a binding adapted Lo cover the face and sides of said frame-body and to exsecn red to the said backing, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a new article of man ufacture,a passepartont frame, comprising a frame-body of one piece of material of L shape in cross-section and having an opening therein, the edges being folded or turned up to form the sides thereof, a backing, a picture-mat and a glass adapted to tit within said frame-body and a binding of one piece of material adapted to cover the face and sides of the frame-body l and to extend and be securedv to the inner surface thereof and having tongues on oppo'- site sides to pass around the corners and be secured under the binding on the adjacent sides, and having flaps to be folded over and secured to the backing, substantially as specied.

3. As a new article of manufactnre,a passepartout frame, comprising a frame-body of one piece of material of L shape in cross section and having a central opening therein, a backing, and a binding of one piece of material adapted to cover the face and sides of the frame-body and to extend and be secured to the inner surface thereof and having tongues on opposite sides to pass around the corners and be secured under the binding on the ad- -jacent sides, and having flaps to be folded over and secured to the backing, substan tially as specified.

4. As a new article of mannfacture,a passepartout frame, comprising a frame-body of one piece of material of L shape in cross-section and having a central opening therein, a picture-maga backing, and a binding adapt ed to cover the face and sides of said fra1ne body and t-o extend to the inner surface thereof, and to be secured to the said backing, substantially as shown and described.

Signed by me this 6th day of December, 1902.

FREDERIC F. MAINE.

Witnesses: Y

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. H. SERRELL. 

